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    Ramon Sandoval, Jr. - California Death Row

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    Sandoval in 2007


    Facts of the Crime:

    Sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on May 9, 2003 in the April 29, 2000 murder of Long Beach Police Officer Daryle Black, 33. Black was dedicated to changing the lives of at-risk youth. Affable and well-liked, he had overcome a speech impairment related to a congenital mouth condition to become a Long Beach police officer in 1994. Vacations were spent helping people he had arrested; he concentrated on kids drawn into the gang life. So, his death at the hands of gang member Ramon Sandoval, Jr. was especially bitter for loved ones and colleagues. Black and his partner in the Gang Enforcement Division, Officer Rick Delfin, were ambushed as they sat in their patrol car on April 29, 2000.

    Sandoval and a fellow Compton gang member, Miguel Camacho, had met to plan the retaliation shooting of a rival gang member in Long Beach that day. Sandoval had loaded an assault rifle with a 42-shot magazine, and the two had driven to Lime Avenue, where the rival was hosting a birthday party for a little girl. As Sandoval and Camacho walked on Lime, Black and Delfin's unmarked police car rolled to a stop, 15 feet away. The officers looked at Camacho, armed and on parole. Sandoval responded by firing 28 rounds, watching the officers' bodies jerk at the impacts. Black was killed instantly; Delfin's injuries ended his days of patrol work. The judge at Sandoval's trial said his poor but loving family had tried to get him to leave the gang life. But any mitigating circumstances in Sandoval's life were "substantially outweighed by the cold, vicious, heartless murder of Daryle Black," the judge said. At a news conference at the city's memorial for fallen police and firefighters, Police Chief Anthony Batts said Sandoval's death sentence would never bring back Black. "Justice has been served," the chief said, "but the debt has not been paid."

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    Sandoval's case has been fully briefed on direct appeal before the California Supreme Court since December 21, 2012.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S115872

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    Court to Hear Appeal of Long Beach Cop Killer Sentenced to Death

    The California Supreme Court is set to hear an automatic appeal next month in the case of a gang member who was sentenced to death for the April 2000 murder of a Long Beach police officer.

    The state’s highest court is scheduled to hear the case against Ramon Sandoval Jr. on Oct. 7 in San Francisco.

    Sandoval was convicted in October 2002 of first-degree murder for the April 29, 2000, killing of Officer Daryle Black, along with the attempted murder of Black’s partner, assault with an assault weapon on a peace officer and assault with an assault weapon.

    Jurors also found true the special circumstances of murder of a police officer in the performance of his duties, murder to avoid arrest, lying in wait and street gang murder.

    The first jury that convicted Sandoval of the crimes deadlocked on whether he should face the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole. A second jury recommended a death sentence in April 2003.

    Sandoval was sentenced to death the following month, with Superior Court Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani calling him a “cold-blooded, heartless killer.”

    The judge said Sandoval spotted Black and his partner, Rick Delfin, in an unmarked patrol car and fired 28 rounds from an assault rifle to prevent the two from nabbing one of his fellow gang members, who was armed and on parole.

    At the May 2003 sentencing hearing, the judge said Sandoval recognized the unmarked car as a police unit as he and other gang members prepared to attack a member of a rival gang they believed was responsible for an earlier drive-by shooting in which Sandoval was wounded.

    “Defendant Sandoval shot at the police officers 28 times, each and every time pulling the trigger. He aimed at their heads,” the judge said, noting that Sandoval was about 15 feet away and could see the officers’ bodies move as they were being shot.

    “Even though Officer Delfin managed to slowly drive the car down the street to try to evade the shooter, Sandoval continued to shoot at the police officers,” the judge said. “The trajectory analysis showed that Sandoval followed his targets as they attempted to leave the area of the attack.”

    Black died of a massive head wound, and his partner had to undergo numerous surgeries, including a knee replacement.

    The gunfire also struck a pregnant woman in a nearby residence, with the bullet lodging inches from her unborn fetus, the judge said.

    “If there is a case where death is appropriate, this is one of those cases,” Comparet-Cassani said.

    http://patch.com/california/longbeac...entenced-death

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    PEOPLE v SANDOVAL

    Court: California Supreme Court

    Opinion Date: December 24, 2015

    After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of premeditated murder and attempted murder. The jury found that the murder was committed with the special circumstance that the victim was a peace officer engaged in the lawful performance of his duties and that it was committed by means of lying in wait for the purpose of preventing a lawful arrest. Defendant was sentenced to death. The Supreme Court reversed the special circumstance finding that Defendant committed the murder by means of lying in wait but otherwise affirmed, holding (1) Defendant was prejudiced by the trial court’s failure to sua sponte instruct on circumstantial evidence as it relates to the lying-in-wait special circumstance; and (2) no other prejudicial error occurred.
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    December 24, 2015

    State High Court Upholds Death Sentence for Long Beach Cop Killer

    'If there is a case where death is appropriate, this is one of those cases,' the original presiding judge said.

    LONG BEACH, CA - The state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence of a gang member who gunned down a Long Beach police officer 15 years ago.

    Ramon Sandoval, now 34, was convicted in 2002 for the April 29, 2000, killing of Officer Daryle Black, and the attempted murder of Black’s partner. He was also convicted of assault with an assault weapon on a peace officer and assault with an assault weapon.

    Jurors also found true the special circumstances of murder of a police officer in the performance of his duties, murder to avoid arrest, lying in wait and street gang murder.

    The state Supreme Court threw out the special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, but otherwise affirmed Sandoval’s conviction and death sentence.

    At Sandoval’s sentencing hearing in 2003, Superior Court Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani called him a “cold-blooded, heartless killer.”

    The judge said Sandoval spotted Black and his partner, Rick Delfin, in an unmarked patrol car and fired 28 rounds from an assault rifle to prevent the two from nabbing one of his fellow gang members, who was armed and on parole.

    At the May 2003 sentencing hearing, the judge said Sandoval recognized the unmarked car as a police unit as he and other gang members prepared to attack a member of a rival gang they believed was responsible for an earlier drive-by shooting in which Sandoval was wounded.

    “Defendant Sandoval shot at the police officers 28 times, each and every time pulling the trigger. He aimed at their heads,” the judge said, noting that Sandoval was about 15 feet away and could see the officers’ bodies move as they were being shot.

    “Even though Officer Delfin managed to slowly drive the car down the street to try to evade the shooter, Sandoval continued to shoot at the police officers,” the judge said. “The trajectory analysis showed that Sandoval followed his targets as they attempted to leave the area of the attack.”

    Black died of a massive head wound, and his partner had to undergo numerous surgeries, including a knee replacement.

    The gunfire also struck a pregnant woman in a nearby residence, with the bullet lodging inches from her unborn fetus, the judge said.

    “If there is a case where death is appropriate, this is one of those cases,” Comparet-Cassani said.

    http://patch.com/california/belmonts...ach-cop-killer

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    On July 6, 2016, Sandoval filed a habeas petition before the California Supreme Court.

    https://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca....hSQCAgCg%3D%3D

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Sandoval's petition for certiorari on direct appeal.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of California
    Case Nos.: (S115872)
    Decision Date: December 24, 2015
    Rehearing Denied: March 9, 2016

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....es/15-9657.htm

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